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Re: How many games will Colts win?

For Pete's sake, I am not going to go back a year and do research for you. Play that game somewhere else. But to let you know, Peter King posted that Polian would be back running a team within a year in his Monday morning QB column sometime in the last two weeks. Look it up yourself and please do some more reading other than things posted by rabid Colts fans and try to keep up..... ...

Re: How many games will Colts win?

I think olblu considers himself an expert. The only explanation to why he always thinks he has already posted links to the so called experts.

No. I think I am a knowledgable fan with years of experience watching these things play out with the Colts and other teams and I have both feat on the ground and I not drink the Irsay Kool-Aide...... ...

Re: How many games will Colts win?

King said he "wouldn't be surprised" if Polian's running a team again. It wasn't some statement based on sources or anything.

That is correct but I have read the same thing many times. The "clowns" here think I make this stuff up because I read widely and they most only listen to each other. No one quotes sources. King is a respected expert in my opinion. ...

Re: How many games will Colts win?

I think all of us who are fans who try to be at least half way rational and not expect too much out of a team going complete rebuild with a rookie QB and mostly waiver wire and cheap free agent castoffs from other teams all hope we are wrong and I also think all of us would be absolutely delighted to be wrong and would say as much. I know that I would. ...

Re: How many games will Colts win?

Of course I didn't read the same article over and over. You really need to expand your reading and quit listening to Colts fanatics as a source. There are places to read what experts who have no connection with the Colts have to say but then you might have to listen to something less than flattering about the team every second and I suspect that you would not want to do that.....

Re: How many games will Colts win?

Adam Schefter is sitting in for Golic on "Mike and Mike" this morning, and he just said that the Colts will be the biggest turnaround team this season. He thinks they will win 7-8 games. Think he qualifies as an "expert", Olblu?

I think 7-8 is a bit high and am more in the 5-6 range myself, but this shows you that not everyone is predicting a 1-15 season for the Colts.

Re: How many games will Colts win?

Though it wasn't pretty, don't get discouraged by the performance against the Redskins. Their defense was in all out attack mode most of the game, blitzing almost every play. Bob Lamey pointed out a great point, there are many plays you can draw up to bust a team for blitzing you too much. BUT, it's the preseason and there's no reason to show your hand just to beat up on a team and make them pay for being overly aggressive. So they were in between a rock and a hard place Sat, your getting a lot of pressure put on you, and there are ways to beat it, but you really don't want to show your hand for the season, after all the game doesn't matter.

Random point, I love Bob Lamey, he makes the game just as exciting to listen to as it is to watch, very hard to do.

Re: How many games will Colts win?

Both Pittsburgh and Washington threw the book at Andrew. It is what I call "Baptism under Fire", and Andrew handled himself very well under the pressure. If anything, the pressure Washington brought, was comical in a meaningless pre-season game. The one thing I learned in the pre-season, Andrew Luck will pick you apart if he has time, and opposing defensive coordinators are terrified of him

Re: How many games will Colts win?

Both Pittsburgh and Washington threw the book at Andrew. It is what I call "Baptism under Fire", and Andrew handled himself very well under the pressure. If anything, the pressure Washington brought, was comical in a meaningless pre-season game. The one thing I learned in the pre-season, Andrew Luck will pick you apart if he has time, and opposing defensive coordinators are terrified of him

Yes, clearly the team would have no reason to test out how their defensive players are faring (in a supposedly "new" scheme this year)

Then again, the Colts sent a few blitzes on RG3. Guess that was their "baptism under fire" for RG3?

Re: How many games will Colts win?

Another "expert" who thinks the Colts will do well this year:

ESPN’s Merril Hoge has seen enough to pick Indianapolis as his “surprise” team for the 2012 season.

“I think that the Colts are gonna scare some people, shock some people, beat a lot of teams that they’re not expected to beat,” Hoge said on SportsCenter Thursday morning. “When you look at them changing to a 3-4 [defense], watching Luck during the preseason, and looking at some young guys that they have besides Luck at the tight end position. What they’re doing up front with their offensive line. I just think they’re gonna shock a lot of people.”

Re: How many games will Colts win?

Adam Schefter is sitting in for Golic on "Mike and Mike" this morning, and he just said that the Colts will be the biggest turnaround team this season. He thinks they will win 7-8 games. Think he qualifies as an "expert", Olblu?

You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....

Bucky Brooks Andrew Luck is the real deal and he will quickly make Colts fans forget about No.18. Prediction: 8-8, third in AFC South

Daniel Jeremiah The Andrew Luck era begins in Indianapolis. The roster has been drastically altered, but defensive mainstays Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis are still there to generate the pass rush. Luck is the real deal; he'll make this team competitive right away. Prediction: 7-9, second in AFC South

Adam Schein Andrew Luck will make an immediate impact. Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis change positions in a new scheme, but they are still Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis. Prediction: 6-10, third in AFC South

Steve Wyche Andrew Luck will provide help but the transition to a 3-4 defense and overall shift in personnel needs will only set the table for the future.Prediction: 6-10, fourth in AFC South